Thomson Roddick Auctioneers & Valuers: Antiquarian & Collectable Books & Related Items, 120425, Carlisle

Auction Details

Auction Date: December 04, 2025 - December 04, 2025

Page Size: 272 items in 11 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Estimate	Actual Price
151	DARWIN CHARLES.	The Descent of Man & Selection in Relation to Sex.	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 336.00
152	COLLODI CARLO.	The Story of a Puppet or The Adventures of Pinocchio ...	GBP 600.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 780.00
153	(TIPHAIGNE DE LA ROCHE CHARLES F.).	Giphantia or A View of What Has Passed, What is Now Passing &	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 720.00
154	(RASPE RUDOLPH E.).	Surprising Adventures of the Renowned Baron Munchausen, Containing Singular	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 204.00
155	SCOTT SIR WALTER.	Landscape Illustrations of the Novels of the Author of Waverley.	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 1,080.00
156	SHAW JOHN.	The Divine Art of Memory or The Sum of the Holy Scriptures Delivered in Acrostick Verses	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
157	(RITSON JOSEPH & DOUCE FRANCIS).	Gammer Gurton's Garland or The Nursery Parnassus, A Choice	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 360.00
158	BLYTON ENID.	Child Whispers.	GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 1,680.00
159	BLYTON ENID.	Real Fairies.	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 420.00
160	EVANS TREYER MEREDITH.	Original watercolour of fairies, one an organist, & a spider amongst	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
165	BEECHAM THOMAS (Pubs).	Photo-Folio.	GBP 20.00 - 40.00	GBP 24.00
166	(TWISS RICHARD).	Chess.	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 144.00
167	PIERCE J. & W. T.	English Chess Problems.	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 78.00
168	TATTERSALL C. E. C.	A Thousand End-Games, A Collection of Chess Positions.	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 50.40
169	GOSSOP G. H. D.	Theory of Chess Openings.	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 24.00
170	GOSSOP G. H. D.	Theory of Chess Openings.	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 24.00
171	FREEBOROUGH E. & RANKEN C. E.	Chess Openings Ancient & Modern.	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 72.00
172	STAUNTON HOWARD.	The Chess-Players Handbook.	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 144.00
173	STAUNTON HOWARD.	The Chess-Player's Companion.	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 102.00
174	TATTERSALL C. E. C.	A Thousand End-Games, A Collection of Chess Positions.	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 30.00
175		Chess. A large carton of various vols.	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 24.00
176		Chess. A large carton of various vols.	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 36.00
177		Chess. A large carton of various vols.	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 36.00
178		British Chess Magazine. Approx.	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 30.00
179		British Chess Magazine. A large collection of original issues in two cartons.	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold

Heritage Auctions
Rare Books Signature Auction
December 15, 2025

Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.

Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.